#BCB268#BCB268

#BCB268 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.096 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB268
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -6.89, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 39.58, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0193 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.096 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1590, 43.5328, 19.4339)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB268 #6872BC

analogous

#BC8868 #BCB268 #9CBC68

triadic

#BCB268 #68BCB2 #B268BC

tetradic

#BCB268 #68BC88 #6872BC #BC689C

square

#BCB268 #68BC88 #6872BC #BC689C

split-complementary

#BCB268 #689CBC #8868BC

monochromatic

#756E34 #A09547 #BCB268 #CFC892 #E2DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCB268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB268

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB268	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.096 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c894',
    500: '#bcb268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb268;
$custom-light: #d2c894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB268

secondary

#AFB3D1

accent

#67CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB268

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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